The Chronicle of Coaching

Compiled and edited by Ruth Ann Harnisch, Christine Heinrichs, and Linda Ballew.

The Chronicle of Coaching provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the coaching profession, and is updated weekly.

In this week’s Chronicle: Coaches help revelers ease into the challenges of the New Year. Business coaching is in the news, helping clients from small businesses to the Catholic Church, and attracting a Wal-Mart executive to give up his job for his family and coaching.

COACHING NEWS> – Current events where coaching is having an impact

From The Dallas Morning News (Texas, USA)
Texas College Offers Coaching Certification
Texas Christian University will train coaches to meet the demand for improved workplace communications.
http://tinyurl.com/yden3u

CULTURE WATCH – Where coaches and coaching are showing up in the popular culture

From Job Search Secrets (Colorado, USA)
Business Coach Gives Pointers on Finding a Coach
Not everyone who calls himself a coach is qualified. This business coach with 30 years of experience lists some ways clients can protect themselves.
http://tinyurl.com/yxm8to

rom Yoga Journal Feb. 2007 print issue (California, USA)
Yoga Teachers Take Up Life Coaching
Just as yoga teachers used to get little respect, so the job of "life coach" now raises eyebrows. But many yogis are entering the profession, using the awareness they cultivate in their own practice to help others transform their lives. "Coaching and yoga is a beautiful marriage," says one of the yoga teacher/coaches profiled in the article.
http://www.yogajournal.com

From Business Week (Arkansas, USA)
Wal-Mart Executive Retires to Coaching
The president and chief executive of global procurement resigned his position to spend more time with his family, which includes three teenagers. He will continue to be involved in business as a teacher, executive coach and corporate board member.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8MHB7400.htm

From The Ledger (Florida, USA)
Many Sources Inspire Players, Coaches in Big Game
Team members on both sides in the Ohio State-Florida game take their inspiration from personal ties as well as recognized leaders. Players and coaches who have faced personal problems inspire their teammates.
http://tinyurl.com/yxy7vc

From Zanesville Times Recorder (Ohio, USA)
Business Managers Can Take a Page from Sports Coaches
An HR consultant – and Ohio college football fan – advises managers to make coaching a regular part of their work, the way football coaches do. Regular one-on-one coaching can transform the individual player-employee as well as improve the success of the team-business.
http://tinyurl.com/yfx8k8

From PersonnelToday.com (England, UK)
500 British Telecom Managers Get Coaching
The new centralized program aims to align managers with company objectives.
http://tinyurl.com/yl93f3

From YourHub.com (Colorado, USA)
Morning Radio Show Adds Coach
A life coach will have a regular five-minute weekly segment to discuss topics such as negative self-talk. She will give listeners homework assignments to help them take action and make changes.
http://tinyurl.com/yblsg7

From Houston Chronicle (Texas, USA)
Coach Q&A Gives Resolution Advice
Basic common-sense advice about setting goals, taking small steps, and avoiding complacency.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4435748.html

From Jackson Hole Guide (Wyoming, USA)
New Reporter in Town Tries Life Coaching
With only a few sessions each with three coaches, she finds her life changing more than she expected. She describes the local coaches' varied approaches.
http://www.jhguide.com/article.php?art_id=1297

From San Jose Mercury News (California, USA)

With a workforce of one million and an annual budget of over $100 billion, the U.S. Catholic Church could benefit from the best practices of private sector business, say parishioners who have formed an advisory council to help strengthen the church financially, managerially, and organizationally. Dioceses in three states have adopted some of the recommendations, which include coaching.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/16265471.htm

From Marco Island Sun-Times (Florida, USA)
Small Business Owner Praises Coach's Help
This seawall and dock marine contracting business owner reports improvements from his experience with a business coach who specializes in family businesses. With the coach's help, he set short-term goals to support his vision of the future. His staff responded well to coaching, which helped them with their personal lives as well.
http://tinyurl.com/yk7fy8

From The Sparta Independent (New York, USA)
Coaching Makes Business Owners More Optimistic
Owners of small- and medium-sized business in the U.S. and Canada who get regular peer advice and business coaching expect to hire more new employees and are more likely to anticipate increased revenue than those who don't, according to a survey done by an organization that provides practical advice to business owners.
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/01/04/sparta_independent/news/25.txt

From Hour.ca (Quebec, Canada)
Coaching Rises on Business Landscape
This article explains coaching and acknowledges it as "becoming a widespread practice" on this Canadian news and auction site.
http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=11140

From Xtra.ca (Ontario, Canada)
Life Coaches, Nutritionist and Hypnotist Bolster Resolutions
Two coaches emphasize creative and spiritual aspects to make life changes. The nutritionist takes on healthy diet and the hypnotist interrupts self-defeating thoughts in this article on a gay and lesbian site.
http://tinyurl.com/uqwyr

From Norwich Evening News (England, UK)
Disaffected Employees Find Changes through Coaching
The start of a New Year can be the turning point for workers to change jobs. Career coaches give guidelines and suggestions for change in an article that includes their contact information, for those ready to make the call.
http://tinyurl.com/ymwly7

From Marquette Mining Journal (Michigan, USA)
Coaches Accentuate the Positive in Resolutions
A life coach and a psychologist give their advice on keeping resolutions. Dream a vision for energy, but frame action in achievable reality.
http://www.miningjournal.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=9788

From The Washington Post (Washington, DC, USA)
Coaching Shapes More Successful Resolutions
Worthy goals, achievable steps and accountability can help avoid resolution failure. The article includes a link to the coaches' blog.
http://tinyurl.com/ylezwu"

From Telegraph.co.uk (England, UK)
Coaches Respond to Post-Holiday Calls
People face the New Year asking for help to reduce debts, end unhappy marriages, stop drinking and lose weight. This English newspaper calls it "Black Tuesday," and coaches, debt counselors, divorce lawyers and others cope with their busy season.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/02/ntues02.xml

COACH INK – Coaches and coaching getting media attention

From The Baltimore Examiner (Maryland, USA)
Coaches Have Qualities Beyond Credentials
Certification programs offer credibility, but coaches share other characteristics, including life experience, patience and good communication skills. Intuitive women are often good coaches.
http://tinyurl.com/yg6kpg

From The Chicago Tribune (Illinois, USA)
Coach Helps Ex-CEO Find Role as Teacher
After bowing out as CEO of a major firm that wasn't meeting revenue goals, this executive and his wife consulted executive coaches to find their direction. He now teaches MBA students, consults and donates his time and expertise to non-profits.
http://tinyurl.com/y8dchy

COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY
Opinions expressed are those of the writers and not The Foundation of Coaching, which does not express editorial opinion.

From Change Your Thoughts blog (Scotland, UK)
Blogs Galore!
A part-time life coach has compiled 50 personal development blogs.
http://tinyurl.com/y7m74b

From YourHub.com (Colorado, USA)
Business Coach Comments on Energy Shifts
Changing negative self-talk influences prosperity, she finds. Clear money goals can open options, leading to more freedom and security.
http://tinyurl.com/y9gm4x

BOOKS and PRODUCTS
Books and products are listed for your information. The Foundation of Coaching does not review or recommend books or products

From Emediawire (Oklahoma, USA)
Ten Commitments for Men
Tom Massey
This life-skills coach's book offers ten principles to help men live more successful and rewarding lives, with guidelines and ideas to turn principles into action.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw495541.htm

From Mass Media Distribution LLC (Massachusetts, USA)
Change Your Habits: Bit by Bit's 28-Day Podcast Guide
Tana Pesso
This executive coach's program has morning and evening segments, to start the day with a plan and focus and conclude it with reflection and progress assessment.
http://mmdnewswire.com/content/view/1082/

PUBLICITY RELEASES – Information from commercial sources

From eNewsChannels (California, USA)
Coaching Franchise Changes Name
The Brisbane, Australia Action International is now ActionCOACH. It has more than 1,000 offices in 22 countries.
http://enewschannels.com/2007/01/06/enc581_021138

From Emediawire (California, USA)
Coach Lists Ten Best and Worst Communicators for 2006
The year-end prompts this communications coach to make his own list. Barack Obama and other politicians are at the top, balanced by celebrities, media personalities and President Bush at the bottom.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw494570.htm

From Business Wire (California, USA)
Salad Buffet Chain Offers Coaching as Contest Prize
Customers can win memberships in the company's health coaching program. The idea came from the popularity of the benefit among employees.
http://tinyurl.com/ykwwzd

From the Coaching Archives: Historical facts from the evolution of coaching
By Vikki G. Brock

Twelve step programs figure into the roots of coaching. “AA, one of the most successful action plans for self-improvement came into being in 1935, included a concept of a power greater than ourselves and was motivated by enlightened self-interest. Its premise is simple – get a group of people together who are simultaneously struggling to combat a common problem.” (Essential Philosophy, by James Manion) Many of the slogans used within twelve step programs have come into widespread use in our culture and are unknowningly used by coaches:

• One day at a time (ancient philosophy that transcends East and West)
• Stop, smell the flowers, and don’t take the first drink
• Principles before personalities
• Do the footwork and turn over the results.
• Take what you can use and leave the rest.
• Attraction rather than promotion
• H.A.L.T meaning hungry, angry, lonely, tired.
• "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Serenity Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi as a meditation to reflect upon and a source of succor.

A.A. members are encouraged to "work the Steps," usually with the guidance of a voluntary sponsor. (A sponsor is a more experienced member who has worked the Steps before, usually of the same sex as the sponsee, and freely chosen - and just as freely "fired" by the sponsee.) Much like a mentor, a sponsor is a person who has been around the block vis-à-vis recovery. These people do not claim any special wisdom; they merely know what worked for them and help themselves by helping out the next fellow – are the midwives in the Socratic tradition. (Mannion, 2005)

From The Foundation of Coaching

Help Wanted: History and Archive Advisory Panel members
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